The Qatar Goodwood Festival will enjoy unprecedented TV exposure from the likes of Fox Sports in the US, ESPN / Disney + in South America and Caribbean, and SuperSport in Africa.
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HBA Media (HBA), working with Goodwood Racecourse, have ensured that the Festival, which features three Group 1 races, will be available to watch in more than 180 countries.
ESPN / Disney + and SuperSport are taking the full festival for the first time – on the back of taking just Sussex Stakes day last year – while first-time broadcasters include Racing.com (Australia) Sportsnet (Canada), Transvision (Indonesia), NTV (Mongolia) and Eurovision (Europe).
Audiences in UK and Ireland will be served by ITV, Virgin Media, Racing TV, while the Far East will enjoy coverage via Green Channel (Japan) and HKJC, Cable TV, TVB and Now TV (Hong Kong).
Broadcast crews from Fanduel (US), Sky Racing (Australia), HKJC (Hong Kong) and Al Kass (Qatar) will be on course to bring live coverage from the Sussex Downs, in the south of England.
Clerk of the Course and Director of International Racing at Goodwood Racecourse, Ed Arkell, said: "The Qatar Goodwood Festival is now firmly embedded as one of the major events on the international racing calendar – and global TV exposure is pivotal to this. We are delighted for the record exposure garnered by RMG and HBA Media and that more countries than ever before will be able to see what is sure to be a terrific week of racing.”
Qatar Sussex Stakes day is a feature of the Crown Jewels Racing (CJR) broadcast package, which showcases 18 of the best horseracing events in the world, all evenly spaced throughout the year. Broadcasters can elect to take the full 2.5-hour world feed (produced by ITV) or the CJR ‘Golden Hour’ (produced by ITV, Racecourse Media Groupand HBA Media) around the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday (3pm to 4pm BST). The CJR promo can be viewed here and the CJR Fantasy game is free to play at https://fantasy.crownjewelsracing.com.
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About Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is steeped in horseracing history dating back to 1802 when the 3rd Duke of Richmond introduced the sport. Significant moments within horseracing's history have taken place at Goodwood Racecourse. Lord George Bentinck commissioned the first ever horsebox to take his horse in secret from Goodwood to Doncaster to win the 1836 St leger. In 1952, Goodwood became the first British racecourse to provide racegoers with live commentary. It was also at Goodwood that Her Majesty The Queen has her last winner with her horse Love Affair.
There are 19 fixtures that take place across the season from May – October. One of the highlights of the flat racing season takes place at Goodwood Racecourse, the Qatar Goodwood Festival. Once described by King Edward VII as 'a garden party with racing tacked on,' the world-famous five-day festival - affectionately known as 'Glorious Goodwood' - sees many of the world's greatest horses battle it out for honours. Thousands of people flock to the world's most beautiful racecourse to enjoy top class racing and entertainment.
Tickets, dining and hospitality are on sale for the Qatar Goodwood Festival, which takes place from 30 July to 3 August. Visit Goodwood.com or call 01243 755055 to find out more.
About Goodwood
Goodwood Estate is England's greatest sporting estate set in 11,000 acres of beautiful West Sussex countryside. Seat of the Dukes of Richmond since 1697, it is renowned for creating exceptional experiences and world-class sporting events, as well as hosting some of the largest and most anticipated occasions in the British social calendar: Festival of Speed, Qatar Goodwood Festival, Goodwood Revival and Goodwoof.Alongside Goodwood's rich history sits an estate-wide culture of protecting and promoting sustainability, creativity, and the environment. The diverse portfolio of businesses includes one of the largest lowland organic farms in Europe; a famous Battle of Britain airfield and aerodrome; a racecourse; a historic motor circuit; two golf courses; one of the oldest cricket grounds in the country; The Kennels members' clubhouse; ten-bedroom luxury retreat, Hound Lodge; self-catering holiday cottages, The Pheasantry, Peach Tree and Crab Apple; Goodwood Hotel and Health Club; the Goodwood Education Centre; the award-winning sustainable restaurant Farmer, Butcher, Chef and, of course, Goodwood House.
